Guri Vesaas
Guri Vesaas | |
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| Born | 13 January 1939 Vinje, Norway |
| Alma mater | University of Oslo |
| Occupation(s) | publishing editor and translator of children's books |
| Parent(s) | Tarjei Vesaas Halldis Moren Vesaas |
| Relatives | Olav Vesaas (brother) |
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Guri Vesaas (born 13 January 1939) is a Norwegian writer and translator of children's books, and former editor at the publishing house Samlaget.[1]
Biography
[edit]Vesaas was born in Vinje on 13 January 1939,[2][3] a daughter of novelist Tarjei Vesaas and poet Halldis Moren Vesaas, and sister of Olav Vesaas.[4] She graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Oslo in 1965.[2][3]
She has translated more than 50 children's books into Norwegian, using the pseudonym Hanna Midtbø,[2] after the farm Midtbø in Vinje, where she grew up.
She received the Bastian Prize in 2005 for her translations of children's literature.[5] She was awarded the Brage Prize honorary award in 2007,[6] and also the Nynorsk User of the Year award.[3][7] She was awarded Storegutprisen in 2022.[8]
Awards
[edit]- NBU-prisen 1996[2]
- Bastian Prize 2005[5]
- Brage Prize 2007 – honorary award[2]
- Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav 2007 – knight, 1st class.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Hjeltnes, Guri (27 December 2006). "Europeeren på Samlaget". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f Hovdenakk, Stine. "Guri Vesaas". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
- ^ a b c Grepstad, Ottar. "Guri Vesaas". In Grepstad, Ottar (ed.). Allkunne (in Norwegian). Nynorsk kultursentrum. Retrieved 15 August 2018.[dead link]
- ^ Fyllingsnes, Ottar (21 August 1997). "Midtbø: -- "Fuglane" er favoritten". Dag og Tid (in Norwegian). Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ a b Bolstad, Erik (ed.). "Bastianprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Brage. Den norske bokprisen. Tidligere vinnere" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 15 April 2018.
- ^ "Pris til Guri Vesaas". lnk.no. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
- ^ Lødemel, Stina Aasen. "Storegutprisen". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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